2007-03-25 08:48:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
how can u keep it from happening or look like it's happening?
2007-03-25 13:53:12 · update #1
I've read a million places that it's a myth, that what you perceive is an illusion, that it's just the cut ends of new growth you mistakenly think is coarser, darker hair, because the tips of the old hair was bleached by sunlight, worn down and fine. But in this case, I don't care what they say. I know for a fact that the hair on my legs used to be blond and barely noticeable. And now I have to shave it or it would look ridiculous. I know that it isn't just the newness factor, either, because I went the hippie route in college and didn't shave them for about a year, and they didn't get any better.
I started shaving my legs regularly when I was 13 years old. If I could go back, I'd wait as long as long as possible. The hair was so short! You couldn't even see it anyway. So the point is, don't start too early. I'd also advise never shaving anywhere you don't want to continue shaving for the rest of your life. Really. I'm not kidding.
2007-03-25 09:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by blueblue 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shaving does not cause hair to grow back faster, darker or coarser. “Shaving is just a method of cutting the hair at the skin surface and has no effect on the part of the hair shaft below the skin surface, which is where growth and pigmentation occur,” says Hoskyn. “Although the hair may seem to grow faster after shaving, this is just an illusion: a small amount of growth on a clean-shaven face is much more noticeable than a small amount of growth on a bearded face. Likewise, the blunt, stubbly ends of new growth can give the illusion of darker, coarser hair.”
2007-03-25 08:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Ralph 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't think of the hair grows back thicker or darker. The hair is prickly and that i'll be not undemanding to ever enable the hair strengthen out. I unquestionably have been shaving my palms for a pair years and that i can not enable the hair strengthen out b/c it seems particularly undesirable and feels strange, however the hair won't strengthen back thicker or darker.
2016-10-19 21:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We think that it does and it feels like it does but I have read that in reality it don't grow back thicker. Theres a technical explanation as to why it feels that way but I'm sorry I don't remember what it is. But the answer is NO it don't grow back thicker.
2007-03-25 08:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, yes. I have darker hair and shaving makes it come back darker for sure. If you moisturize frequently, it helps prevent the hair from coming back thicker.
2007-03-25 08:52:29 · answer #5 · answered by Linds! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe but it hasn't happend to me. I have blond hair and its still blonde (i'v been shaving for 3 years) it has gotten a little thicker though.
2007-03-25 08:53:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it depends what type of hair you have. if you ahve frizzy hair, like me, it does especially if it's your legs and armpit. But if you don't it doesnt grow darker and thicker after you shave.
2007-03-25 08:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by fantuh c ` 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've never found that to be true in all my years of shaving and getting haircuts, but then, maybe I'm not paying close enough attention. But, I don't think that's true. God Bless you.
2007-03-25 08:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, Yes. When I started shaving my legs the hair was practically white and it was very thin. Now it is black and thick.
2007-03-25 08:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only for most young people-ages 1-21, there are a few failures every now and then...and people beyond the age of thirty can forget about it:( LOL
2007-03-25 08:53:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋